Scenic bus routes
Barry Salter wrote
And on the subject of Denham and anomalies, who's going to decide
what
counts as a "local" bus service for the purposes of free bus travel
for
over 60s from next April?
Green Line Route 724, which generally uses Single Decker buses in the
usual Arriva Turquoise livery, could class as either, depending on
the [...]
I assume that 'local' means those that are currently valid on some
local bus pass and that all that is intended to happen from the end of
March '08 is the extension of geographical validity to the whole of
England.
The notes with the Surrey permit say
Not Route 80 (no idea if this still runs)
Not National Express Coach services
Not special services
Otherwise any route that passes though Surrey, so includes the 465 &
R68.
And more recently the new First 300 Windsor to Virginia Water Station
via Windsor Great Park has been made an exception from the start
(though there is a discount).
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Mike D
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